A bit better.

My ankle is better today - my arch is back to hurting now.. it only woke me up once during the night.

Today I am going to weigh in and hopefully I will be down - I don't think it will be enough but that's alright.  I'm back on track.  After ww I am going to teach (with a heavily guarded ankle) and then I am going to the Mariners game - my first one of the year...  That's all I've got planned today...  tomorrow I think I'll spend the day in the studio...

Hey, buy a bike! and shoes!

I don't know how I feel about this advertising ...

Okay, this fair trade foot lotion is something that I can really recommend... it's the best ever!

Okay, I think I need to get a move on... test out the foot... drink more coffee....

Essential things.

Last night I met up with one of my professors from the UW. I was talking about my trip to New York and the task of packing. He suggested that I go light and just take the essential things. So here is a list of essential things for me to take.

My buckwheat pillow, my camera, my bear, pictures of my dog, my collection of ww nametags, my ww scale, my running shoes, toenail clippers, tweezers, Lush Olive Branch body wash, bathtub pillow.

oh, and underwear.

We also talked about the possibility of me teaching a foundation class at the UW. Do I feel prepared to teach? SURE! why not. I also said that I would offer to help teach the Studio Art program in Rome sometime (that would be a dream job!). Oh, to eat gelato e prosciutto cotto - che bueno! That's Italian for you all.... Hey, I could take a side trip to Firenze and see my pal Luigi from the hotel Villa Liana.

Now I have something to strive for... well besides firming up my thighs.

Winner/Loser!!

So I went to Lush today and forked over some money to buy good smelling things. I entered one of those "guess how many candies are in the jar and you win" contest. Guess what?? there was 139 chocolates in that jar (I know my candy - what can I say???)! Oh, I also got some free Lush goodies - I'll just have to pick it up and find out what I've won.

In a perfect world I would give away the chocolates that I've won (but realistically we all know that that won't happen!)...I will sit there and eat them one by one until they are gone...

Here I am, another Saturday night on the futon in my robe.... maybe someday I'll live the high life and have something imortant to do on Saturday nights....

This may take a while....

Four and a half hours later and where am I? Still at the Library. I have made progress though... it just may take a while. All I need is a few more full days working on the paper and I'll be at a starting point.

I sometimes wish I wasn't an overachiever. If I could just settle for second rate that would be nice. But I can't.

Now I'm off to Lush to buy things for myself (which I can't really afford). They're having their Valentines party today and I'm going to get a goodie bag (free stuff!). I'll update you later on what I manage to score.